Raycast · Productivity · Aug 2026
Callbook Launch Video (YC S26) | Unveil Studio
Callbook · Oct 2026 · 1:38 · AI-annotated
studio Unveil Studio
A single locked-off comedic skit: a deadpan debt-collector threat that flips into a straight-faced pitch, cut between the seated speaker and the standing guard at about 10 cuts per minute. Signature moves are white captions popping in at scattered positions, frosted UI cards and flowcharts that build line by line, and oversized stat numbers that scale in as punchlines.
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Callbook Launch Video (YC S26) | Unveil Studio, scene by scene
· 19 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:05
A bearded man in a black t-shirt sits at a table, gesturing with his right hand, a guard standing behind him with arms crossed. White words pop in one by one at scattered positions, spelling out his threat.
On-screen text: “This”, “is your”, “final warning.”, “If you don't”, “pay by Friday”, “We're”, “breaking”, “your legs.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
02 · Problem · 0:05–0:15
A bearded man in a black tee sits in a brown leather chair, smoking and gesticulating while a man stands behind him with arms crossed. White subtitles run along the bottom, and a large white 18% figure scales in on the left as he states the stat, then a cut to the standing man.
On-screen text: “This works.”, “Calling someone 20 times a day recovers”, “18%”, “more”, “than following up occasionally.”, “We're”, “breaking”, “your legs.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
03 · Problem · 0:15–0:18
A man in a black t-shirt stands in a warm-lit living room, arms crossed, then uncrosses them and lifts a hammer. White caption lines stack in on the left: “Threatening them,” “adds another,” “5%.” Locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “than following up occasionally.”, “Threatening them”, “adds another”, “5%”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:18–0:24
A bearded man in a black tee sits in a brown leather chair, gesturing with both hands as he talks, while a second man stands behind him gripping a hammer. Warmly lit living room; the locked-off frame slowly pulls back. White subtitles run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “That's why collections work the way they do,”, “lenders lose millions when borrowers aren't chased.”, “Threatening them”, “adds another”, “5%”
Camera: Pull out
05 · Problem · 0:24–0:27
A man in a black t-shirt stands in a warm-lit living room, holding a hammer and speaking to camera. On the left, a three-line white caption builds word by word over the locked-off shot.
On-screen text: “Every AI collections”, “company automated”, “exactly this.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
06 · Problem · 0:27–0:33
A bearded man in a black tee sits in a leather chair, gesturing with a glass of amber drink as a man holding a hammer stands behind him in a warm-lit room. White caption lines appear in sequence, then the frame widens to show the standing man's face.
On-screen text: “They didn't fix collections.”, “They just made harassment cheaper.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
07 · Product intro · 0:33–0:34
Locked-off shot of two men in a dim living room: one seated in a leather chair holding a whiskey glass and cigar, the other standing behind with a hammer. A white headline builds word by word in the upper left, settling on two lines.
On-screen text: “We built the opposite.”
Camera: Static
08 · Demo · 0:34–0:41
A man in a black T-shirt stands in a warm room holding a tool, speaking to camera. On the left, a frosted profile card builds line by line: avatar, name, status, note, a 28k debt section, then a Blocked calls chip. Subtitles caption the voiceover.
On-screen text: “This is Thomas.”, “His bank lent him money to plant.”, “He's 4 months late,”, “and nobody there has been able to reach him,”, “We built the opposite.”
Camera: Static
09 · Demo · 0:41–0:47
A bearded man in a black t-shirt sits at a wooden table in a dim room, gesturing with both hands as he speaks. A second man in black stands behind him holding a hammer, then sets it down on the table. Subtitles read across the bottom.
On-screen text: “Some people are easy to reach,”, “others we locate using different strategies.”
Camera: Static
10 · Demo · 0:47–0:49
On a black background, centered white sans-serif text appears word by word. “Just” is bright, then “kidding.” fades in, and the second line builds from “Actual strategies. No” to “threatening.”
On-screen text: “Just kidding.”, “Actual strategies. No threatening.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Demo · 0:49–0:50
A locked-off black frame holds two centered lines of white text. The top line, “Just kidding.”, scales slightly while the line below, “Actual strategies. No threatening.”, stays still.
On-screen text: “Just kidding.”, “Actual strategies. No threatening.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
12 · Demo · 0:50–0:55
A man in a black tee stands with arms crossed in a warm living room as a frosted contact card, tilted in 3D, floats at left with a circular avatar. Caption lines appear one by one on the card while subtitles track the voiceover.
On-screen text: “Thomas wasn't hiding from anyone,”, “Thomas”, “Wasn't hiding from anyone.”, “he gets paid once a year”, “Gets paid once a year.”, “and the harvest hadn't come in yet.”, “Harvest wasn't in”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
13 · Demo · 0:55–1:02
Locked-off shot of a bearded man in a black tee at a wooden table, gesturing while a second man stands behind him. A translucent missed-call notification scales in left as a large white headline 'We gave him a plan.' builds line by line.
On-screen text: “So we didn't call him 20 times,”, “we gave him a plan that started the week”, “We gave him a plan.”, “he sold his crops.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
14 · Demo · 1:02–1:03
A bearded man in a black shirt sits at a wooden table, gesturing with both hands, while a second man stands behind him with arms crossed. White text on the left builds from 'He' to 'He paid.' as the man speaks.
On-screen text: “He paid.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
15 · Demo · 1:03–1:10
A bearded man in a black V-neck stands with arms crossed in a warm-lit room, speaking to camera. On the left a thin white flowchart draws itself, branching from Locate + Outreach to Unanswered and Call picked-up, then a Negotiate node. Bottom captions swap in time with his words.
On-screen text: “He paid.”, “That's the whole company.”, “We locate people.”, “We reach them strategically.”, “We negotiate and decide the next best move,”, “for every single one of them.”
Camera: Static
16 · Demo · 1:10–1:11
A bearded man in a black t-shirt sits in a leather chair at a wooden table, gesturing with both hands as he speaks, while a second person in black stands behind him with arms crossed. A grid of profile cards with names and job titles fades in over the shot.
On-screen text: “Every lender has thousands of Thomases.”
Camera: Static
17 · CTA · 1:11–1:31
A bearded man in a black shirt sits at a table, gesturing as he speaks, while a second man stands behind him with arms crossed. Large white stats and phrases appear on the left, counting up, while subtitles run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “Every lender has thousands of Thomases.”, “We manage portfolios for”, “+3 Banks”, “+20 Fintechs & Retailers”, “Last week,”, “we negotiated with”, “100,000”, “people”, “You're not recovering”, “because you're not listening. We beat every other collection solution in recovery. Put us to the test. You beat us, we pay you $1,000”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
18 · CTA · 1:31–1:33
Static medium shot of a warm-lit living room: a bearded man sits in a leather armchair holding a glass of amber liquid, while a second man stands behind him with arms crossed. White subtitles appear at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “And for the record,”, “we have never broken anyone's legs.”
Camera: Static
19 · Outro · 1:33–1:38
A purple rounded-square C icon fades in on a dark navy field, then the full Callbook.ai wordmark scales up beside it. A pill badge reading Backed by Y Combinator with the orange Y logo slides in below, settling into a locked-off center frame.
On-screen text: “Callbook.ai”, “Backed by Y Combinator”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static






